AWS IoT – Now Generally Available

A few months ago, I wrote about AWS IoT (see AWS IoT – Cloud Services for Connected Devices) and talked about how we are working to make sure that AWS is well-equipped to support many different types of IoT devices and applications. At that time we launched AWS IoT in beta form and invited interested developers to sign up and to start getting experience with the service.

When we talked to our customers and to our own engineers, we learned quite a bit about the pain points that add complexity and development time to IoT applications. They told us that connecting devices to the cloud is overly complex due to the variety of SDKs and protocols that they need to support in a secure and scalable fashion. Making this even more difficult is the fact that many devices “feature” intermittent connectivity to the Internet, even as application logic shifts from the device to the cloud. Finally, the sheer volume of data generated by the sensors attached to the devices mandates a Big Data approach to storage, analytics, and visualization.

These are, to be sure, some steep requirements. As you can read in my post above, we have designed AWS IoT with all of them in mind.

Now Available I am happy to be able to announce that the beta period is over and that AWS IoT is now generally available. Many AWS customers are already building apps and creating new businesses around IoT. Here are a couple of examples:

IPv6 support for exchanging messages between devices and the AWS IoT Device Gateway.

IoT Use Cases Earlier this week I sat down with a couple of members of the IoT team. They told me that our customers are planning to use AWS IoT to support many industries and use cases! Here’s a sampling: